◼ For every uppercase consonant that appears on a block, the lowercase consonant can be found on the same block, as well as on the four preceding consonant blocks. The alphabet blocks are suitable for individual use, pair games or group activities. The display case is designed to be light, portable and facilitates easy storage.ĩ. The alphabet blocks are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order to promote ease of learning the ABCs, finding the proper blocks to spell words, and putting the blocks away in an orderly fashion.Ĩ. The small black dot in the bottom right corner of the surface of each lowercase letter indicates the right position.ħ. Such color-coding helps children distinguish vowels from consonants and assists with understanding how vowels and consonants interact when spelling words.Ħ. The alphabet blocks use one color for vowels and another color for consonants. This reference key makes it quick and easy to find the block with the desired letter(s).ĥ. The surface of each alphabet block that displays a capital letter and corresponding location number also provides a reference key to the letters shown on the other five surfaces of that particular block. The alphabet blocks, A through Z, are numbered 1 to 26, respectively, to make it easier for children to keep the blocks in alphabetical (and numerical) order.Ĥ. Children can easily learn the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet as each block that has a capital letter also has the lowercase version of that same letters on the same block.ģ. This ensures the blocks have enough letters to spell out the desired words.Ģ. Each set of alphabet (spelling) blocks contains 26 alphabet blocks ( one capital letter per block and five different lowercase letters per block), one extra vowel block for each of the vowels, and one dot die.
Send us feedback about these examples.Jumble ABC English Alphabet/Phonics/Spelling Blocksġ. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'hooligan.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023 See More 2022 But an encounter on the road with a couple of hooligans leads instead to a courtroom in Detroit, where Raylan gives testimony and Willa is chastised by tetchy Judge Alvin Guy (Keith David, sonorous as always) for laughing at cat videos on her phone. 2023 Some hooligans did ultimately commit war crimes in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, but that is not what Blattman argues. soccer teams for fear of violent clashes. Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, The Britons here are not the hooligans who occasionally get blanket bans from foreign cities hosting U.K. 2023 In their place is Rally, which sits at the tail-out hooligan end of the spectrum, atop Strada (street), Sport, and Corsa (track). Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023 As McCarthy’s untamed hooligans steer the ship of state toward the chop, Democrats would be wise to stick with this instinct. 2023 Israeli media reports attributed the disturbance to a high-profile group of soccer hooligans, but NBC News has not verified the reports. 2024 What occurred on Saturday, ahead of Remembrance Day, was that right-wing protesters and soccer hooligans clashed with the Metropolitan Police at the Cenotaph in London, where Remembrance Day is observed. Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 20 Feb. Recent Examples on the Web Sure, there were the local drunks, the teenage hooligans who tortured stray cats, but even these wayward bees had a place in the hive.